Porcupines

We have two sizes of porcupine puppets, and both are adorable. Their fur is made to resemble quills, but actually they are quite soft and friendly. Porcupines get the bronze medal in the rodent weight class, as they come in behind the capybara and the beaver. There are twenty-nine species of porcupines. New World porcupines are found in the Americas, and Old World porcupines are found in southern Europe, Africa, India, and eastward across Asia to the island of Borneo. The New and Old World porcupines are not closely related, though both have quills or spines that protect them from predators.